About Me

I was a reporter and columnist for 40 years for a chain of newspapers in the suburbs of Chicago. I'm a military veteran having served in the United States Army Combat Engineers (Cpl. E-4) and a Korean War veteran with an Honorable Discharge from the Armed Forces of the United States of America

Monday, December 14, 2009

Casey J. Porter served two tours in Iraq in the United States Army and was discharged not long ago and has been working on his Camaro and getting it ready for the SEMA auto show, the largest auto show in the world. Casey is also the producer and director of this video and personally "interviewed" each of the models seen in this video.This video shows the various cars in the show including Casey's Camaro.Casey's car also sponsors the "Wounded Warrior Project" serving veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Doctors at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in this quiet, bucolic town tucked between coal country and the nation's capital used to go months without treating a female veteran.

Today, they're reporting the beginning of a boom.

Mixed with the Vietnam and World War II-era patients waiting for a doctor are 20-something women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, reading Allure magazine and, in some cases, coming in for pregnancy tests.

The hospital sees nearly twice as many women it did before the Sept. 11 attacks. Administrators opened a women's clinic and are trying to take female veterans into consideration when deciding everything from the color of the walls to the size of the prosthetics offered. Waiting areas soon will have kid-friendly tables. An onsite day care for veterans with medical appointments is under review.

This is captured enemy combat footage showing the enemy firing on US troops in the battle for Fallujah Iraq. BE SURE TO TURN UP YOUR VOLUMEWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/tJOpaRU9aW0&hl=en_US&fs=1CLICK ON LINK ABOVE AND THEN DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

There is more than enough action in this video to keep you interested as you get to see the 2nd Bn., 12th Inf. Regiment fighting it out with the Taliban near Donga Afghanistan.BE SURE TO TURN UP YOUR VOLUME TO HEAR GIS COMMUNICATING WITH EACH OTHER.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/zAaUB9ZWno8&hl=en_US&fs=1CLICK ON LINK ABOVE AND THEN DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY THIS VIDEO

This fantastic video was taken at a FOB (Foreward Operating Base) deep in the mountains of Afghanistan and shows U.S. troops at night fighting the Taliban. Every sixth round (bullet) is a tracer.TURN UP YOUR SOUNDWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/pFTnXJUCEYw&hl=en_US&fs=1CLICK ON LINK ABOVE AND THEN DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO